2 h. ago Stacey Abrams warns of autocracy and voter suppression, doesn't rule out another run

Abrams isn't running for office — but she's not ruling it out, either. "Politics is a tool ... for getting good done, but it's not the only one." Her new thriller is Coded Justice.

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10 h. ago New Gmail tool makes it easy to unsubscribe from emails in bulk

Google has just made it easier than ever to regain control of your inbox with Gmail's new Manage Subscriptions tool.

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21 h. ago Trump threatens Russia over Ukraine. Will it make a difference?

President Trump has made some big shifts in U.S. policy on Russia's war with Ukraine lately. In the course of two weeks, Trump halted and reinstated weapons to Ukraine and he began openly showing frustration with Russian president Vladimir Putin's continued military escalations. Now, Trump has announced a deal with NATO to try to pressure Russia toward a ceasefire deal in just 50 days by threatening stiff tariffs and increased military aid to Ukraine. President Trump seems to be taking a tougher stance against Russia, but will it make a difference, and will it last? For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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23 h. ago Fox News Politics Newsletter: Biden Chief of Staff OK'd Autopen Pardons, Email Reveals

Welcome to the Fox News Politics newsletter, with the latest updates on the Trump administration, Capitol Hill and more Fox News politics content.

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33 h. ago NVIDIA's new AI tool enables precise editing of 3D scenes and photorealistic images

Over the past years, computer scientists have introduced increasingly sophisticated generative AI models that can produce personalized content following specific inputs or instructions. While image generation models are now widely used, many of them are unpredictable and precisely controlling the images they create remains a challenge.

Technology

53 h. ago US Aid Has Always Been a Tool of Control. Under Trump, It’s a Tool of Death.

US Aid Has Always Been a Tool of Control. Under Trump, It’s a Tool of Death.  Truthout

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59 h. ago Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won’t Be Easy.

The party’s vanguard position got ahead of voters in 2024, and the internal debate now underway reveals an uncertainty on how to adapt.

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3 d. ago Timekettle T1 Handheld Translator Review: Global Offline Translation

This global language translation tool works whether you’re connected to the network or not.

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3 d. ago Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions

In last month’s decision limiting one judicial tool, universal injunctions, the court seemed to invite lower courts to use class actions as an alternative.

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4 d. ago State Department layoffs: Staff learn by email their positions are ‘abolished'

State Department layoffs: Staff learn by email their positions are ‘abolished'  NBC4 Washington

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4 d. ago Tornado Cash Made Crypto Anonymous. Now One of Its Creators Faces Trial

Roman Storm, one of the developers of crypto-anonymizing tool Tornado Cash, will stand trial in New York starting July 14. His supporters claim the freedom to develop software is under threat.

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4 d. ago What Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act means for taxes on Social Security

Many Americans received an email from the Social Security Administration applauding the megabill's passage. Experts say it was misleading.

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4 d. ago Now you can turn a photo into an AI video with this Google tool

Now you can turn a photo into an AI video with this Google tool  The Washington Post

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4 d. ago Texts, emails bolster whistleblower account of DOJ defying court order

Texts, emails bolster whistleblower account of DOJ defying court order  The Washington Post

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5 d. ago Microsoft Outlook users experience hourslong outage impacting email access

After Outlook users ran into issues accessing their email accounts late Wednesday and into Thursday, Microsoft says that affected systems are back online.

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5 d. ago Exclusive — Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso Says ‘Time to Rein in Rogue Judges’ After Obama Appointee Blocks Defunding Planned Parenthood

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) issued a scathing rebuke from the Senate floor on Thursday morning against Democrats "using the courts as a political tool," after a district judge appointed by former President Barack Obama used her power to block Congress's effort to defund abortion giant Planned Parenthood.  The post Exclusive — Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso Says ‘Time to Rein in Rogue Judges’ After Obama Appointee Blocks Defunding Planned Parenthood appeared first on Breitbart.

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5 d. ago Tool devised for detecting AI that scores high on accuracy, low on false accusations

Detecting writing via artificial intelligence is a tricky dance: Doing it right means being effective at identifying it while being careful not to falsely accuse a human of employing it. And few tools strike the right balance.

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5 d. ago 'Stuck in limbo': Over 90% of X's Community Notes unpublished, study says

More than 90 percent of X's Community Notes—a crowd-sourced verification system popularized by Elon Musk's platform—are never published, a study said Wednesday, highlighting major limits in its effectiveness as a debunking tool.

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5 d. ago After devastating floods a Central Texas community comes together

It's been nearly a week since devastating flooding tore through Kerr County, Texas killing more than a hundred people.Now, after unimaginable tragedy, residents are coming together to help each other move forward.NPR's Juana Summers and producers Erika Ryan and Tyler Bartlam visited the City West Church, which has transformed from a house of worship into a pop up food distribution site serving thousands of meals to the community and first responders.For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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5 d. ago Musk says AI chatbot Grok's antisemitic messages are being addressed

Days earlier, Musk touted an update to the AI tool.

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